Toshiba HD-DVD Firmware 2.0 caused Jaggies on MPEG4 AVC with 1080/24p out

By Daniel Lim/Updated: Feb. 25, 2019 8:41 am EST

If you have not updated the new firmware posted yesterday, you might want to put a hold on it. The firmware update was successful, but introduced serious jaggies on Mpeg4 AVC material (Advanced Video Codecs) when used with 1080/24p. Keep in mind, it only affected 1080p out units like A30 and A35 with 24hz up-sizing on movie with mpeg4 AVC compression. No problem with VC1 material.

I also tested severals legacy DVD and the upconverted-quality is as sweet as it can be, only one title arranged seems to exhibit terrible jaggies and worst, stuttering with 24hz out.

What seemed to improve is the menu bugs with DVD 24hz's up-sizing is now gone. A separate frame rate option is added with auto or 24hz out, which is basically a forced 24p option for legacy DVD. The HDMI handshake is still a hit and miss with my Integra 9.8 pre-pro but a quick toggle on the source solved the same old issue.